Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib /Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

Tony Abbott as Opp-osition Leader

2 Sep 13

Tony Abbott as Prime Minister

24 Sep

14 Jan

11 Feb

13 May

8 July

Total approve

37%

7%

80%

5%

22%

40%

41%

47%

41%

35%

34%

Total dis-approve

54%

89%

12%

86%

70%

49%

36%

43%

47%

55%

58%

Strongly approve

13%

3%

31%

–

*

13%

14%

13%

12%

12%

8%

Approve

24%

4%

49%

5%

22%

27%

27%

34%

29%

23%

26%

Disapprove

19%

28%

9%

27%

21%

19%

13%

18%

19%

18%

22%

Strongly disapprove

35%

61%

3%

59%

49%

30%

23%

25%

28%

37%

36%

Don’t know

9%

4%

8%

9%

8%

10%

23%

11%

12%

10%

7%

54% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 4% since the last time this question was asked in July – and 37% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 3%). This represents an improvement in net rating from -24 to -17.

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

19 Jul 2010

20 Dec

14 Mar

2011

14 June

12 Sept

12 Dec

12 Mar 2012

12 Jun

10 Sept

15 Oct

12 Nov

Total approve

52%

43%

41%

34%

28%

34%

32%

32%

35%

41%

41%

Total disapprove

30%

40%

46%

54%

64%

54%

61%

56%

54%

51%

49%

Strongly approve

11%

10%

7%

6%

5%

6%

8%

6%

7%

9%

7%

Approve

41%

33%

34%

28%

23%

28%

24%

26%

28%

32%

34%

Disapprove

17%

24%

22%

29%

28%

25%

29%

22%

27%

24%

25%

Strongly disapprove

13%

16%

24%

25%

36%

29%

32%

34%

27%

27%

24%

Don’t know

18%

17%

13%

13%

8%

11%

7%

12%

11%

8%

10%

41% (no change) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 49% (down 2%) disapprove – a 2-point change in net rating from -10 to -8. This is Julia Gillard’s best approval rating since May 2011.

85% of Labor voters approve (down 2%) and 8% disapprove (down 1%).

By gender – men 37% approve/53% disapprove, women 44% approve/44% disapprove. In net terms this represents a decline with men from -14 to -16 and an improvement with women from -4 to 0.

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

19 Jul 2010

20 Dec 2010

14 Mar

14 June

12 Sept

17 Oct

14 Nov

Total approve

52%

43%

41%

34%

28%

34%

37%

Total disapprove

30%

40%

46%

54%

64%

59%

55%

Strongly approve

11%

10%

7%

6%

5%

7%

8%

Approve

41%

33%

34%

28%

23%

27%

29%

Disapprove

17%

24%

22%

29%

28%

27%

25%

Strongly disapprove

13%

16%

24%

25%

36%

32%

30%

Don’t know

18%

17%

13%

13%

8%

7%

9%

Julia Gillard’s approval rating has continued the improvement shown last month. 37% (up 3%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 55% (down 4%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -25 to -18 over the last 4 weeks. This represents Julia Gillard’s best ratings since May.

Q. Thinking about what the Labor Government has done over the last few years, do you approve or disapprove of the following Government actions?

Total approve

Total disapprove

Strongly approve

Approve

Disapprove

Strongly disapprove

Don’t know

Increased funding of health services

89%

5%

42%

47%

3%

2%

6%

Increasing the age pension

78%

14%

34%

44%

8%

6%

8%

Increasing superannuation to 12%

75%

13%

28%

47%

9%

4%

12%

Managing the economy to keep unemployment and interest rates low

70%

21%

21%

49%

12%

9%

10%

Spending on new school buildings

68%

24%

19%

49%

15%

9%

8%

Introducing a national disability insurance scheme

63%

13%

18%

45%

9%

4%

24%

Stimulus spending to tackle the GFC

61%

28%

21%

40%

15%

13%

11%

Paid parental leave

60%

30%

19%

41%

17%

13%

10%

Introducing a tax on large profits of mining companies

58%

29%

27%

31%

16%

13%

13%

Building the NBN (National Broadband Network)

54%

34%

19%

35%

17%

17%

12%

Stopping live cattle exports until welfare concerns were addressed

53%

34%

24%

29%

17%

17%

12%

Abolished WorkChoices

51%

33%

23%

28%

21%

12%

16%

Sending asylum seekers to Malaysia

39%

45%

17%

22%

20%

25%

16%

Introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change

33%

53%

15%

18%

14%

39%

14%

Government decisions and policies with highest approval were increased funding of health services (89% approve), increasing the age pension (78%) and increasing superannuation to 12% (75%).

Only two of the actions listed received less than majority approval – sending asylum seekers to Malaysia was 39% approve/45% disapprove and introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change was 33% approve/53% disapprove.